Re: [Staffslug] What Do You Think?
On 20/10/10 12:44, David Boucher wrote:
On 20/10/10 11:40, Peter Cannon wrote:
While the government (and other organisations) certainly have access
to
a lot of our data, that doesn't mean they necessarily control all of it.
With a cloud based system the operator has total control, with the
ability to add, remove or change anything as they see fit.
For example, you may remember last year Amazon remotely deleted copies
of 1984 from users' Kindles, supposedly because they didn't have the
rights to sell it in the first place. Also, Sony recently remotely
removed the "run other OS" feature from PlayStation 3s, which they
claimed was a measure to counter copyright infringement.
You could look at that from another angel, while I agree it does give you a feeling of
being violated in some way potentially you was saved a horrendous legal bill for
purchasing something illegally. Remember ignorance is no defence under UK law you are
supposed to know if your purchase is legitimate or not.
If all your data was in the cloud, this sort of thing would be a lot
easier to do and I think that it would be very tempting for
organisations to use it as a way of controlling "troublesome"
information. Worse, with no local storage, how would you prove anything
had actually been changed?
Its really hard to let go believe me I've been there with my CD collection I resisted
my ipod for years however now I have every bit of music I own on there there are no
physical music discs in our house (Actually that's not true they are in the loft but
you know what I mean) its so much more convenient now. Look at this spotify everyone raves
about its just the same you don't 'have' it you use it.
I often wonder when I hear this "My data" what could this be? is it the blue
print for a way to promote longevity? Is it a map to the vaults of Lloyds bank in the high
st? Na usually its some bits of code, pictures of the dog and your CV :-D
(I'm just taking the p)
Coincidentally, there was a discussion along these very lines at the
Birmingham Unconference last Saturday.
I know I was there I was the bald headed git in the Arch tee shirt :-)